Five Long Years (feat. Junior Mance & Junior Wells)

Have you ever been mistreated?

Well, you know just what I'm talking 'bout

Well, have you ever been mistreated, Lord?

Then you know what I'm talking 'bout

Work five long years for one woman, Junior

And she had the nerve, she had to nerve just to put me out

I got a job at a steel mill

Shucking steel like a slave

Five long years, every Friday

You know, that woman sent me straight home with all my pay

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey

Do you know, do you know what I'm talking about?

You know, I work five long years for one woman

And she had the nerves to put me out

Junior Wells, just play me a little bit

I finally learned a lesson

I should have known a long time ago

The next woman that I marry, people

You know she gotta, she gotta work and bring some dough

Oh, I've been mistreated

And you know, you know what I'm talking about

Well, I work five long years for one woman

And she had the nerves to put me out

That's why I got a black night

It's fallin' all in my vein

That's why I got a black night

Lord, I got a black night

It's fallin', fallin' in my vein

Well, I know everybody got me, got my feelin'

You know, you know it's in my own vein